The Father of Chinese Aviation

The Chinese immigrant ________________ was fascinated by the success of Orville and WIlbur Wright's first plane in 1903.

• Feng Ru

• Yao Ming

• Xi Jinping

• Sun Yatsen

Feng Ru established an airplane manufacturing company in...

• San Jose

• Oakland

• San Francisco

• Guangdong

Feng Ru completed his first plane in....

• 1903

• 1905

• 1908

• 1910

Middle schools and high schools are named in Feng Ru's honor; his childhood home is even a museum.

• True

• False

Staggered by its power and prosperity, Feng Ru was convinced (when he immigrated to the United States) that what made it great was...

• its army

• its wealth

• industrialization

• its aviation

Which of the following did Feng Ru created his own versions of?

• water pump

• telephone

• wireless telegraph

• airplane

• generator

Feng's first aviation workshop in Oakland was...

• a old airplane hanger bought by Chinese businessmen

• an 10 foot by 8 foot shack

• large and able to hold 5 planes

Feng Ru was so anxious to keep his invention secret that he...

• posted guards

• had pieces of the engine made by different East Coast companies

• only worked at night and took a secret route

• worked in remote hayfield in Oakland

Feng Ru returned with his biplane to China in...

• 1903

• 1905

• 1908

• 1911

"Immigration officials....are today said to be gnashing their teeth. They find it hard enough to keep the Chinese out now, without having them dropping in on flying machines." This quote from the Oregonian shows...

• Americans love of Feng Ru's plane

• Americans jealous of Chinese inventions

• anti-Chinese feelings by many Americans